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This was really, really deep for having a very abstract energy. Mila is an interesting protagonist, she doesn't know exactly what's happening around her at the time but looking back there's hints throughout the art. I can see why this has won so many awards, this is engaging.

lavender_lake's review against another edition

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4.25

beautifully illustrated, convincing child-like voice

mldryan's review against another edition

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5.0

I read the original French version. It’s a gloomy, heartbreakingly sad graphic novel. It’s quite short, but big on impact. The colors (mostly black, grey, tan) reflect the somberness of Mila’s story. It’s a sparse book graphically as well as narratively, but it definitely hits hard.

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4.0

An illustrated novel depicting the violence and horror through a child's eyes. There isn't much text but the illustrations are haunting and beautiful. A child has trouble determining what was a dream and what was real. Her experience in the war was so awful that it can hardly be separated from nightmares. The illustrations make this book a masterpiece. Definitely a profound book for all ages.

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emotional fast-paced

4.75

jackelz's review against another edition

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“Not a day goes by that I don’t wonder who the clouds belong to.”

This was a powerful and poetic fictional memoir with themes of grief and healing, and a hybrid of dreams and memory. The author blends nine-year-old Mila’s lived experiences with her adult recollections as she looks back on a period in her childhood that was spent fleeing a war-torn country. There are very few words, but the story has so much to say through art. It was truly beautiful.

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dark reflective sad

3.0

just mid, there are many better and more emotional portrayals of war.

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